A third of Labour voters back the cancellation of people with whose views they disagree as a major study finds that more than half of Sir Keir Starmer's supporters believe Britain is institutionally racist. Some 33 per cent of Labour voters - against 18 per cent of Conservatives - said they supported the idea of 'cancel culture', agreeing that there should be 'consequences' for those who say or do anything deemed hurtful to minorities. Labour supporters were most worried about the widening gap between rich and poor, while immigration was the biggest concern for Conservatives. And while Labour voters said the wealthy benefited the most from government spending, Tories picked 'benefit claimants'. Some 68 per cent of Tory voters agreed, compared with 42 per cent of Labour supporters.

Source: The Nation July 06, 2021 00:33 UTC